①A person that holds voting rights that exceed five percent of the total shareholder voting rights in a single bank or voting rights that exceed five percent of the total shareholder voting rights in a single bank holding company (excluding national or local government or a corporation specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to the national or local government (referred to as the "national government, etc." in Article 52-9); hereinafter referred to as a "major holder of voting rights in a bank" in this Chapter and Chapter IX) must submit a notification that states the following particulars (hereinafter referred to as a "notification on holding of voting rights in a bank" in this Chapter) to the Prime Minister, within five days (Sundays and other non-business days specified by Cabinet Order are not included; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) from the day on which the person has become the major holder of voting rights in the bank (or within the number of days specified by Cabinet Office Order, if the number of voting rights held by the person has not increased or in other case specified by Cabinet Office Order), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:

②The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to the voting rights held by the major holder of voting rights in a bank in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.

①If there is a change in a particular set forth in one of the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (for a change in the percentage of voting rights held, limited to when the percentage increases or decreases by at least one percent) after the day on which a person becomes a holder of voting rights that exceeds five percent of the total shareholder voting rights in a single bank or of voting rights that exceeds five percent of the total shareholder voting rights in a single bank holding company, the major holder of voting rights in the bank must submit a written report of that change (hereinafter referred to as a "written report of changes" in this Article and the following Article) to the Prime Minister within five days from the day on which the change occurs (or within the number of days specified by Cabinet Office Order, if the number of voting rights that the person holds has not increased or in other cases specified by Cabinet Office Order), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person has already submitted a written report of changes based on a decrease of one percent or more in the percentage of voting rights held, and the percentage of voting rights held which is stated in that written report of changes is five percent or less, or to other cases specified by Cabinet Office Order.

②In the case that meets the criteria specified by Cabinet Order as a case in which a large number of voting rights have been transferred within a short time span, a person submitting a written report of changes based on a decrease in the percentage of voting rights held must also state the particulars of the party to which they have transferred the voting rights and the consideration received in that written report of changes, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

③Notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1), if, by the day before the day on which a person is to submit a notification on holding of voting rights in a bank or a written report of changes (hereinafter referred to as a "document for submission" in this Section), grounds that require the person to submit a new written report of changes arise, the person must submit the new written report of changes to the Prime Minister at the same time as it submits the document for submission that has not been submitted.

④If a person that has submitted a document for submission finds that the content stated in that document differs from facts, or that the document insufficiently states or lacks a particular required to be stated or a statement of a fact necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, the person must submit an amended written report to the Prime Minister.

⑤The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to the voting rights held by a major holder of voting rights in a bank for a case referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

①Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 52-2-11, paragraph (1), a bank, financial instruments business operator (limited to one engaged in securities-related services), trust company (limited to one that has obtained the license referred to in Article 3 or Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Trust Business Act), or other persons specified by Cabinet Office Order that have filed a notification of the base date with the Prime Minister and that holds voting rights in respect of shares issued by a bank or bank holding company but does not hold them for the purpose of controlling the business of the bank or bank holding company that issued those shares (excluding the case in which the percentage of voting rights held exceeds the number specified by Cabinet Office Order and the case specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the manner in which the voting rights are held and other circumstances; hereinafter referred to as "voting rights subject to special provisions" in this Article) must submit a notification on holding of voting rights in a bank concerning those shares to the Prime Minister, by the 15th of the month following the month in which the base date falls and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, in which it states the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as relevant to the holding status of those voting rights on the base date on which its percentage of voting rights held exceeded five percent for the first time.

②A written report of changes for the voting rights subject to special provisions (excluding a report for a change in which the voting rights become those other than voting rights subject to special provisions) must be submitted to the Prime Minister by the day specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each item, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:

③The base date referred to in the preceding two paragraphs means the last day of every third month, after the day on which the person specified by Cabinet Office Order that is prescribed in paragraph (1) files a notification with the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

④The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to the voting rights subject to special provisions held by a major holder of voting rights in a bank in the case referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

If a document for submission is submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-2-11, paragraph (1), Article 52-3, paragraph (1) or (3), or paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article, and the Prime Minister finds that there is a formal deficiency in the document or finds the document insufficiently states a material particular that is required to be stated, the Prime Minister may order the person submitting the document to submit an amended written report. In such a case, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing irrespective of the category of procedures for stating opinions under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) (Procedures Prerequisite for Adverse Dispositions) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993).

If the Prime Minister discovers that a document for submission contains a false statement about a material particular, lacks a statement on a material particular that is required to be stated or on an important fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, the Prime Minister, at any time, may order the person that submitted the document to submit an amended report. In such a case, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing irrespective of the category of procedures for stating opinions under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) (Procedures Prerequisite for Adverse Dispositions) of the Administrative Procedure Act.

If the Prime Minister suspects that a document for submission contains a false statement about a material particular, lacks a statement on a material particular that is required to be stated or on an important fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, the Prime Minister may ask the major holder of voting rights in the bank that submitted the document to make a report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference for a particular that is required to be stated in the document or for a fact necessary for avoiding misunderstanding.

①If the Prime suspects that a document contains a false statement about a material particular, lacks a statement on a material particular that is required to be stated or on an important fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the office or other facilities of the major holder of voting rights in the bank that submitted the document, and have those officials ask questions about a particular that is required to be stated in that document or about a fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, or have them inspect books, documents, and any other articles of the major holder of voting rights in the bank.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.

③The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

①A person that seeks to become the holder of a number of voting rights in a single bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, or to incorporate a company or other corporations that is the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold (other than the national government, etc., a company that seeks to become a holding company prescribed in Article 52-17, paragraph (1), a person prescribed in that paragraph, and a bank holding company that seeks to make a bank its subsidiary company) through one of the following transactions or actions, must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister in advance:

②A person that has become the holder of a number of voting rights in a single bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold due to grounds other than a transaction or action set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph (other than the national government, etc., a bank holding company, or a specified holding company prescribed in Article 52-17, paragraph (2); hereinafter referred to as a "specified major shareholder" in this Article and Article 65) must take the measures required to be taken so that they will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the final day of the business year of the bank that includes the date on which the grounds arose (hereinafter referred to as the "last day of the grace period" in this paragraph and paragraph (4)); provided, however, that this does not apply if the specified major shareholder obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold even after the last day of the grace period.

③When a specified major shareholder ceases to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold through taking the measure under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the shareholder must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minster, without delay. The same applies if a specified major shareholder ceases to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold without taking that measure.

④The Prime Minister may order a person that becomes the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold through a transaction or action set forth in one of the items of paragraph (1) without the authorization referred to in that paragraph, a company or other corporation that is incorporated as the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold without the authorization referred to in that paragraph, or a person that remains to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold even after the last day of the grace period without obtaining the authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (2), to take the measures required to be taken so that they will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold.

When an application is filed for the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must examine whether the following criteria are met:

If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may ask a bank's major shareholder that holds a number of voting rights in that bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold to make a report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference for the status of business or property of the bank.

①If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may have relevant officials enter the office or other facilities of a bank's major shareholder that holds a number of voting rights in that bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, have those officials ask questions about the status of business or property of the bank or the bank's major shareholder, and have them inspect the books, documents, and any other articles of the bank's major shareholder.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.

③The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

If a bank's major shareholder no longer satisfies the criterion set forth in any of the items of Article 52-10 (if conditions based on the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) are attached to the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) concerning the bank's major shareholder, including those conditions), the Prime Minister may order the bank's major shareholder to take measures necessary to satisfy that criterion, by indicating a due date for taking those measures.

①If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services in light of the status of business or property of the bank's major shareholder (limited to a person that holds more than fifty percent of the total shareholder voting rights in the bank; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (if the bank's major shareholder is a company or other corporations, this includes the status of property of the subsidiary company of the bank's major shareholder or other companies that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank's major shareholder), the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may indicate the measures that is required to be taken and the due date for taking them to the bank's major shareholder and request the shareholder to submit an improvement plan for ensuring soundness in bank management or order the shareholder to change the improvement plan that has been submitted, or may order measures that are necessary for supervision to be taken, to the extent necessary.

②If the Prime Minister issues an order under the preceding paragraph to a bank's major shareholder and finds it to be necessary in light of the implementation status of the measures under that order, the Prime Minister may order the bank in which the bank's major shareholder holds more than fifty percent of the total shareholder voting rights to take the necessary measures for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of the bank's services.

①If a bank's major shareholder violates laws and regulations or a disposition by the Prime Minister based on laws and regulations, or commits an act that harms the public interest, the Prime Minister may order the bank's major shareholder to take measures that are necessary for supervision, or may revoke the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) granted to the bank's major shareholder. In such a case, the authorization for incorporation referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been granted to the bank's major shareholder that is a company or other corporations that have been incorporated by obtaining the authorization.

②If the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or in the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a bank's major shareholder must take measures that is required to be taken so that the shareholder will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, within the period designated by the Prime Minister.

The special provisions and technical replacements of terms for applying this Act to the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold when the holder is a foreign national or foreign corporation (hereinafter referred to as a "bank's foreign major shareholder" in this Article), and other necessary matters for the application of the provisions of this Act to a bank's foreign major shareholder are specified by Cabinet Order.

①A company that seeks to become a holding company that has a bank as a subsidiary company or to incorporate such a holding company through any of the following transactions or actions, must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister in advance:

②A company that has become a holding company that has a bank as a subsidiary company due to grounds other than a transaction or action set forth in any of the items of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "specified holding company") must file a notification with the Prime Minister indicating that it has become a holding company that has a bank as a subsidiary company and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order, within three months after the end of the business year that includes the day on which the grounds arose.

③A specified holding company must take the measures that are required to be taken so that it will no longer be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the final day of the business year that includes the day on which the grounds referred to in the preceding paragraph arose (hereinafter referred to as the "last day of the grace period" in this paragraph and paragraph (5)); provided, however, that this does not apply if the specified holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company even after the last day of the grace period.

④When a specified holding company ceases to be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company through a measure taken under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minster, without delay. The same applies if a specified holding company ceases to be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company without taking the measure.

⑤The Prime Minister may order a company that has become a holding company which has a bank as its subsidiary company or a company that is incorporated as a holding company which has a bank as its subsidiary company through a transaction or action set forth in the items of paragraph (1) without obtaining the authorization referred to in that paragraph, or a company that remains to be a holding company which has a bank as its subsidiary company even after the last day of the grace period without obtaining the authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (3), to take the measures that is required to be taken so that it will no longer be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company.

①When an application is filed for the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must examine whether the following criteria are met:

②A bank holding company (excluding one established under foreign laws and regulations) must be a stock company that has the following organs:

①Unless a director (or executive officer, if a bank is a company with nominating committee, etc.) that is engaged in the day-to-day business operations of a bank holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to do so, it is prohibited for the director to engage in the day-to-day business operations of other companies.

②When an application is filed for the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must grant the authorization unless the Prime Minister finds that the particulars given in the application are likely to interfere with the sound and appropriate management of services at a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company.

③The following persons may not become the director, executive officer, or company auditor of a bank holding company.

④The provisions of the proviso to Article 331, paragraph (2) of the Companies Act (Qualifications of Directors) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 335, paragraph (1) (Qualifications of Company Auditors) of that Act), Article 332, paragraph (2) (Directors' Terms of Office) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 334, paragraph (1) (Accounting Advisors' Terms of Office) of that Act), Article 336, paragraph (2) (Company Auditors' Terms of Office) of that Act, and the proviso to Article 402, paragraph (5) (Election of Executive Officers) of that Act do not apply to a bank holding company.

⑤A bank holding company may not become the member with unlimited liability of a membership company or a member in charge of executing the business of a membership company.

The provisions of Article 52-16 apply mutatis mutandis to a holding company incorporated under foreign laws and regulations which has a bank as its subsidiary company.

①A bank holding company (limited to one that is not a subsidiary company of other banks or bank holding companies) must perform business management of a bank holding company group to which it belongs.

②A bank holding company may not perform services other than the business management of the bank holding company group to which it belongs (limited to services related to the bank holding company and its subsidiary company; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) and services incidental to business management.

③In performing its services, a bank holding company must endeavor to ensure the sound and appropriate management of services at any bank that is its subsidiary company.

④The term "business management" as used in paragraphs (1) and (2) means the following actions:

①Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a bank holding company (limited to one that performs business management of the bank holding company group to which the bank holding company belongs; the same applies in the following paragraph) may perform services on behalf of two or more companies which are common to those companies that belong to the bank holding company group of the bank holding company (limited to cases in which they include a bank) and which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as services that, if performed by the bank holding company, contribute to the uniform and efficient management of the bank holding company group's services.

②When seeking to perform the services specified by Cabinet Office Order in the preceding paragraph, a bank holding company must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister; provided, however, that this does not apply to minor services specified by Cabinet Office Order.

①A bank holding company, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, must appropriately manage information on the services performed by a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company, a bank agent that has a bank which is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company as its principal bank, or the bank holding company's parent financial institution, etc. or subsidiary financial institution, etc. (services limited to the banking, bank agency services, and other services specified by Cabinet Office Order); and must develop a system for appropriately supervising the implementation status of those services and take any other necessary measures, involved in the transactions conducted by a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company, a bank agent that has a bank which is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company as its principal bank, or the bank holding company's subsidiary financial institution, etc., so that the interests of the customers connected with those services are not unjustly impaired.

②The term "parent financial institution, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means a bank, financial instruments business operator, insurance company, or other persons engaged in financial services that are specified by Cabinet Order, which Cabinet Order prescribes as persons holding the majority of the total shareholder voting rights in the bank holding company or as having a close relationship with the bank holding company.

③The term "subsidiary financial institution, etc." as used in paragraph (1) means a bank (other than a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company), financial instruments business operator, insurance company, or other persons engaged in financial services that are specified by Cabinet Order, which Cabinet Order prescribes as persons holding the majority of the total shareholder or investor voting rights or as having a close relationship with the bank holding company.

①The total amount for which credit is granted and contribution is made (meaning the grant of credit and the making of a financial contribution (including anything equivalent to the grant of credit or making of a contribution) specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) by a bank holding company or its subsidiary company, etc. (meaning a subsidiary company of the bank holding company (excluding one specified by Cabinet Office Order) and other persons that have a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank holding company; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) to that one person (including persons that have a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Order with that one person; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must not exceed the amount arrived at by multiplying the total net amount of the equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies by the percentage specified by Cabinet Order for each of the category specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter the amount thus calculated is referred to as the "maximum amount of credit and contribution by a bank holding company" in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply if the total amount for which credit is granted and contribution is made by a bank holding company and its subsidiary companies to that one person comes to exceed the maximum amount of credit and contribution by a bank holding company as a result of a merger, joint incorporation-type company split, absorption-type company split, or business acquisition by the person to which the credit is granted or the contribution is made, or due to other compelling reasons specified by Cabinet Order and the approval of the Prime Minister has been obtained.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the following grant of credit and making of contribution:

③In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if the total amount for which credit has been granted and contribution has been made to a single person by the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. exceeds the maximum amount of credit and contribution by a bank holding company, the excess amount of the credit that has been granted or the contribution that has been made is deemed to be the amount which the bank holding company has granted the credit or made the contribution.

④If a bank holding company or its subsidiary company, etc. has granted credit or made a contribution, irrespective of the name used or the means used, for the purpose of evading the application of the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1), and a person other than the named person is the one to which the credit is substantially granted or the contribution is substantially made, that grant of credit or making of a contribution is deemed to be the grant of credit or making of a contribution to the person to which the credit is substantially granted or the contribution is substantially made by the bank holding company or its subsidiary company, etc., and the aforementioned provisions apply.

⑤Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the amount of credit and contribution, the method of calculating the total net amount of equity capital specified in paragraph (1) and the maximum amount of credit granted and contribution made by the bank holding company, and other particulars necessary for applying those provisions.

①A bank holding company must not have a company other than a bank or a company that falls under one of the following items (hereinafter referred to as a "company eligible to be a subsidiary company" in this Article and paragraph (2) of the following Article) as its subsidiary company:

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a domestic company other than a company eligible to be a subsidiary company becomes the subsidiary company of a bank holding company through acquisition of shares or equity due to enforcement of a security right by a bank holding company or its subsidiary company, through acquisition of shares or equity in a company set forth in items (xi) through (xiii) of that paragraph by a bank holding company or its subsidiary company, or due to any other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that the bank holding company must take measures that are required to be taken so that the company that has become its subsidiary company will no longer be its subsidiary company by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date on which the grounds (excluding a bank holding company's or its subsidiary company's acquisition of shares or equity in a company set forth in items (xi) through (xiii) of that paragraph or any other cause specified by Cabinet Office Order) arose.

③Unless a bank holding company obtains authorization for a merger, company split, or business acquisition pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-35, paragraphs (1) through (3), it must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister in advance, when the bank holding company seeks to make a bank or a company set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) through (x) or items (xiv) through (xvi) (excluding a company that exclusively engages in the services set forth in item (x), sub-item (a) of that paragraph or the services specified by Cabinet Office Order as incidental or related to banking; hereinafter referred to as a "bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company" in this Article, Article 52-24, paragraph (4), item (iv), Article 53, paragraph (3), item (iv), and Article 65, item (xvii)) its subsidiary company (for a company set forth in paragraph (1), item (xiv) (excluding a company specified by Cabinet Office Order), when the bank holding company or its subsidiary company seeks to acquire or hold voting rights in that company that cause the number of voting rights to exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined).

④The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company becomes the subsidiary company of a bank holding company (for a company set forth in paragraph (1), item (xiv) (excluding a company specified by Cabinet Office Order prescribed in the preceding paragraph), the company in which the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies hold a number of voting rights that exceeds the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights combined; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) through the acquisition of shares or equity due to the enforcement of a security right by the bank holding company or its subsidiary company or due to other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that unless the bank holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to have the bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company that has become its subsidiary company as its subsidiary company, the bank holding company must take the measures that is required to be taken so that the bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company will no longer be its subsidiary company by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date on which the ground arose.

⑤Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a bank holding company may have a foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company as its subsidiary company until the last day of the ten-year period that begins on the date on which the foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company became its subsidiary company if the bank holding company falls under any of the following items:

⑥The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis if a bank holding company seeks to make a foreign specified finance-related services company (excluding one that a bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company or another foreign specified financial service company actually has as its subsidiary company if the bank holding company seeks to make the bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company or the other foreign specified finance-related services company its subsidiary company) its subsidiary company.

⑦Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), in the case falling under any of the items of paragraph (5), if a bank holding company obtains the approval of the Prime Minister, the bank holding company may continue to have a foreign company not eligible to be subsidiary company subject to the approval as its subsidiary company beyond the period referred to in paragraph (5).

⑧If the case falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister is to give the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph:

⑨If a bank holding company falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may extend the period referred to in paragraph (5) or the period extended pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, for up to one year, upon application by the bank holding company:

⑩Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if a foreign company eligible to be a subsidiary company or a foreign specified finance-related services company which a bank holding company actually has as its subsidiary company seeks to make a foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company (excluding a foreign specified finance-related services company; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) its subsidiary company, and the bank holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister, the bank holding company may make the foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company subject to the authorization its subsidiary company.

⑪The provisions of paragraph (1), paragraph (5), paragraph (6) and the preceding paragraph do not apply if a foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company becomes the subsidiary company of a bank holding company through the acquisition of shares or equity due to the enforcement of a security right, by a bank holding company or its subsidiary company, through the acquisition of shares or equity in a company set forth in paragraph (1), items (xi) through (xiii) by a bank holding company or its subsidiary company, or due to any other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that unless the bank holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to have as its subsidiary company the foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company that has become its subsidiary company (excluding the bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company that has become the bank holding company's subsidiary company or a foreign specified finance-related services company which another foreign specified financial service company actually has as its subsidiary company), the bank holding company must take the measures that is required to be taken so that the foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company will be no longer its subsidiary company by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date on which the grounds (excluding the acquisition of shares or equity in a company set forth in items (xi) through (xiii) of that paragraph by a bank holding company or its subsidiary company or any other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order) arose.

⑫The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis if the bank holding company seeks to make a company set forth in one of the items of paragraph (1) which it actually has as its subsidiary company into a subsidiary company that falls under the company set forth in any other item of that paragraph (limited to a bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company), or if the bank holding company seeks to make a company set forth in item (xiv) of that paragraph (limited to a company specified by Cabinet Office Order that there is no serious risk that the interests of the customers related to the services of the bank holding company or the company set forth in item (xiv) of that paragraph would be unjustly impaired by its services or that it satisfies other requirements) which it actually has as its subsidiary company into a subsidiary company that falls under the company set forth in that item (excluding the company specified by Cabinet Office Order).

⑬Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), in the case falling under any of the following items, if a bank holding company obtains the approval of the Prime Minister, the bank holding company may continue to have a foreign company not eligible to be a subsidiary company subject to the approval as its subsidiary company:

⑭The provisions of paragraph (8) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph.

⑮If a bank holding company comes to know that a company eligible to be a subsidiary company (other than a subsidiary company of that bank holding company or a company set forth in paragraph (1), item (xiv) (excluding a company specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph)) in which the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies hold a number of voting rights that exceeds the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined has become a company set forth in that item, or comes to know any other fact specified by Cabinet Office Order, the bank holding company must take the measures that needs to be taken so that the company set forth in that item will no longer be a company in which the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies hold a number of voting rights that exceeds the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date on which the bank holding company has come to know of that fact, unless it obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to hold voting rights exceeding the maximum threshold for voting rights.

①Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a bank holding company may have the following companies as its subsidiary company (excluding the subsidiary company of a bank which is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company; hereinafter referred to as a "specified bank holding company subsidiary"):

②The term "services of a special subsidiary company" as used in the items of the preceding paragraph means services which are other than those which a company eligible to be a subsidiary company (excluding a company set forth in paragraph (1), items (xi) through (xiv) of the preceding Article) may engage in (excluding dependent services; hereinafter referred to as "specified services" in this paragraph), and which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as equivalent to services concerning purchase and sale of commodities prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (xiv) related to financial derivative transactions prescribed in that item and other specified services.

③A bank holding company must determine the services of the special subsidiary company (meaning the services of a special subsidiary company prescribed in the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 65, item (xvii)) which the specified bank holding company subsidiary seeks to engage in and obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister in advance, when seeking to make a company set forth in the items of paragraph (1) its specified bank holding company subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

④The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a company set forth in the items of paragraph (1) becomes a specified bank holding company subsidiary of a bank holding company due to the grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order that are prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article; provided, however, that unless the bank holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to have the company which has become its specified bank holding company subsidiary as its specified bank holding company subsidiary, the bank holding company must take the measures required to be taken so that the company will no longer be its specified bank holding company subsidiary by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date on which the grounds arose.

⑤The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis if a bank holding company seeks to make a company set forth in the items of paragraph (1) which it has as a specified bank holding company subsidiary a specified bank holding company subsidiary that engages in the services of a special subsidiary company other than the services of a special subsidiary company to which the authorization referred to in paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this paragraph) or the proviso to the preceding paragraph concerns.

⑥Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) of the preceding Article, a certified bank holding company (meaning a bank holding company that has been granted the certification referred to in the following paragraph; the same applies in paragraph (8), paragraph (9), and Article 52-34-2, paragraph (1)) may make a company that is exclusively engaged in advanced special banking services (meaning the services in which a company set forth in paragraph (1), item (xiv) of the preceding Article may engage and which are specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article, Article 52-34-2, paragraph (2) and Article 65, item (xvii)) its specified bank holding company subsidiary.

⑦Upon application of a bank holding company, the Prime Minister certifies that the bank holding company satisfies the criteria specified by Cabinet Office Order as criteria that are found to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of services of the bank holding company and a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company, and a specified bank holding company subsidiary that is exclusively engaged in special advanced banking services.

⑧If a certified bank holding company seeks to make a company that is exclusively engaged in special advanced banking services its specified bank holding company subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) (for a company that is exclusively engaged in special advanced banking services which is specified by Cabinet Office Order, if the certified bank holding company or its subsidiary company seeks to acquire or hold voting rights in that company that cause the number of voting rights to exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined), the certified bank holding company must specify the special advanced banking services that the company seeks to engage in in advance and notify the Prime Minister of the services.

⑨The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a company that is exclusively engaged in special advanced banking services becomes a certified bank holding company's specified bank holding company subsidiary (for a company specified by Cabinet Office Order that is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the company in which the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies hold a number of voting rights that exceeds the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) due to the grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order that are prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article; provided, however, that unless the certified bank holding company notifies the Prime Minister that it will continue to have the company which has become its specified bank holding company subsidiary as its specified bank holding company subsidiary, the certified bank holding company must take the measures required to be taken so that the company will no longer be its specified bank holding company subsidiary by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date on which the grounds arose.

⑩When a bank holding company has made a company eligible to be a special subsidiary company (meaning the company set forth in the items of paragraph (1) or a company that is exclusively engaged in special advanced banking services; the same applies hereinafter) a specified bank holding company subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (6), the bank holding company must take the measures required to be taken in order to satisfy the requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order as those that are found to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of services at a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company, by taking into account the contents of the services in which that specified bank holding company subsidiary engages and other circumstances.

⑪The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the cases prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (4) and the main clause of paragraph (9) (excluding the case in which the bank holding company continues to have as its specified bank holding company subsidiary the company eligible to be a special subsidiary company that has become its specified bank holding company subsidiary with the authorization by the Prime Minister pursuant to the proviso to paragraph (4), and the case in which the bank holding company continues to have as its specified bank holding company subsidiary the company eligible to be a special subsidiary company that has become its specified bank holding company subsidiary (in case of a company specified by Cabinet Office Order as prescribed in paragraph (8), the company in which the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies hold a number of voting rights that exceeds the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 52-23-2, paragraph (2)) by filing a notification under the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (9)).

①It is prohibited for a bank holding company or its subsidiary company to acquire or hold voting rights in a domestic company (excluding a bank, a company set forth in any of Article 52-23, paragraph (1), items (i) through (v), item (x), item (xii), item (xiv) and item (xv) (in the case of the company set forth in item (xii) of that paragraph, excluding a company under special business revitalization process), a special holding company (limited to one which the bank holding company has as its subsidiary company), a company eligible to be a special subsidiary company, or a company subject to special provisions; hereinafter the same applies in the following paragraph through paragraph (6)) that cause the number of voting rights held by the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies to exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights when combined (meaning the number of voting rights that is arrived at when the total shareholder or investor voting rights in the domestic company is multiplied by fifteen percent; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 65, item (xvii)).

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a bank holding company or its subsidiary companies come to acquire or hold voting rights in a domestic company that exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights held through the acquisition of shares or equity due to the enforcement of a security right by the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies, or other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that unless the bank holding company obtains the approval of the Prime Minister in advance, the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies are prohibited from holding the part of the number of voting rights that they have come to acquire or hold in excess of the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined, after one year has passed since the day on which they came to acquire or hold those voting rights.

③In the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, it is prohibited for the part of the number of voting rights in a domestic company that a bank holding company or its subsidiary companies have come to acquire or hold which exceeds fifty percent of the total shareholder or investor voting rights in that company when the voting rights are combined, to be made subject to the approval referred to in that paragraph that the Prime Minister gives; and if the Prime Minister gives the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, this must be given on condition that the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies promptly dispose of the part of the voting rights they have come to acquire or hold in excess of the maximum threshold for voting rights.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), in the case prescribed in any of the following items, even if the voting rights in a domestic company that a bank holding company or its subsidiary companies have held as of the day specified in the relevant item or come to hold on that day exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights, the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies may hold those voting rights in excess of the maximum threshold for voting rights, from that day forward; provided, however, that the Prime Minister must not grant the authorization provided for in the following items when, in the case set forth each of those items, the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies have held or come to hold a number of voting rights in a domestic company that exceeds fifty percent of the total shareholder or investor voting rights in that company when the voting rights are combined:

⑤When giving the authorization provided for in the items of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must give this on condition that the bank holding company or its subsidiary companies dispose of the part of the voting rights in the domestic company that it has held on the day specified in the each of those items or will come to hold on that day that will cause the number of voting rights to exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined, in accordance with the criteria set by the Prime Minister, by the last day of the five-year period that begins on that day.

⑥If a bank holding company or its subsidiary companies come to hold a number of voting rights in a domestic company that exceeds the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined, the bank holding company is deemed to be the one that has acquired or holds the part of the voting rights that is in excess.

⑦In the case referred to in any of the preceding paragraphs, a specified subsidiary company is deemed not to be the subsidiary company of a bank holding company concerning the acquisition or holding of voting rights in a company set forth in Article 52-23, paragraph (1), item (xi), a company under special business revitalization process, or a company set forth in item (xiii) of that paragraph.

⑧The term "company subject to special provisions" as used in paragraph (1) means a company specified by Cabinet Office Order as a company engaged in business activities that are found to contribute to regional development (limited to the case in which the company does not fall under a company set forth in Article 52-23, paragraph (1), item (xiii) and the number of voting rights in the company that are held by the bank holding company or those of its subsidiary companies that are not specified subsidiary companies does not exceed the maximum threshold for voting rights when the voting rights are combined) and a company that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the company set forth in paragraph (1), items (xi) through (xiii) of that Article (limited to a company that is a subsidiary company of the bank holding company).

⑨The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to voting rights that a bank holding company or its subsidiary company acquires or holds in the case referred to in the preceding paragraphs.

In order to contribute to the sound management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may establish the criteria for a bank holding company to use in order to determine whether the adequacy of equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary company is appropriate in light of the assets owned by the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, and companies that have a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank holding company (hereinafter referred to as "subsidiary company, etc." in this Section) and serve as a reference for determining the soundness of bank management.

The business year of a bank holding company is from April 1 to March 31 of the following year.

①Each business year, a bank holding company must prepare an interim business report for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the relevant business year and a business report for the entire business year which state the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. on a consolidated basis, and submit those reports to the Prime Minister.

②The particulars to be stated in the interim business report and the business report, the due dates for submission, and any other necessary particulars concerning those reports are specified by Cabinet Office Order.

①Each business year, a bank holding company must prepare a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement for the interim period of the business year which entries are made for the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. on a consolidated basis (hereinafter referred to as an "interim consolidated balance sheet, etc." in this Article), and prepare a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement for the entire business year (hereinafter referred to as a "consolidated balance sheet, etc." in this Article), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

②Interim consolidated balance sheet, etc. and consolidated balance sheet, etc. may be prepared as electronic or magnetic records.

③A bank holding company must issue public notice of its interim consolidated balance sheet, etc. within three months after the end of the interim period of the business year, and of its consolidated balance sheet, etc. within three months after the end of the business year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that if it is not possible for a bank holding company to issue public notice of these documents within the three-month period due to compelling reasons, the bank holding company may postpone the issue of public notice, with the approval of the Prime Minister.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is sufficient for a bank holding company that uses the means of public notice set forth in Article 57, item (i) to issue public notice that gives an overview of the interim consolidated balance sheet, etc. and consolidated balance sheet, etc., pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. In such a case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.

⑤Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a bank holding company prescribed in the preceding paragraph may take a measure that uses electronic or magnetic means to make the interim consolidated balance sheet, etc. available to many and unspecified persons within three months after the end of the interim period of the business year, and to make the information contained in the consolidated balance sheet, etc. available to many and unspecified persons within three months after the end of the business year, for a continuous period of five years. In such a case, the bank is deemed to have issued the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (3).

⑥The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to a bank holding company that is required to submit an annual securities report to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) (Submission of Annual Securities Reports) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

①Each business year, a bank holding company must prepare explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the business year, which state the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as relevant to the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. on a consolidated basis, prepare explanatory documents for the entire business year which state these particulars on a consolidated basis, keep those documents at the business offices (excluding unmanned business offices and other offices specified by Cabinet Office Order; the same applies in paragraph (3)) of the banks which are subsidiary companies of the bank holding company, and make those documents available for public inspection. The same applies to the documents prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

②Explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year provided in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph may be prepared as electronic or magnetic records.

③If the explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year which are provided for in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or the documents provided for in the second sentence of that paragraph have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, the bank holding company may take a measure that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a measure that uses electronic or magnetic means to make the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record available to many and unspecified persons at the business offices of the banks that are subsidiary companies of the bank holding company. In such a case, the bank holding company is deemed to have kept the explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year which are provided for in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or the documents provided for in the second sentence of that paragraph and have made them available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

④Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the period of time during which explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the business year and those for the entire business year which are referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and the documents referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph are made available for public inspection and the particulars necessary for the application of those provisions.

⑤In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, a bank holding company must endeavor to disclose information which is to serve as a reference for the depositors and other customers of the banks that are its subsidiary companies to learn the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc.

The particulars to be stated or recorded in business reports and annexed detailed statements which a bank holding company prepares pursuant to the provisions of Article 435, paragraph (2) (Preparation and Retention of Financial Statements) of the Companies Act are specified by Cabinet Office Order.

①If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may request the bank holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company to report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference for the status of business and property of that bank.

②If the Prime Minister requests a bank to make a report or submit materials pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) or requests the bank holding company that has the bank as its subsidiary company to make a report or submit materials pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, ask the subsidiary corporation, etc. of that bank holding company (meaning a subsidiary company or a corporation specified by Cabinet Office Order as a corporation whose management is controlled by that bank holding company, and excluding the bank in question; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraphs (2) and (5) of the following Article) or the person that a bank holding company has entrusted with its services (including a person further entrusted by that entrusted person (including entrustment at two or more degrees of separation from the original entrustment); the same applies in the following paragraph, and paragraphs (2) and (5) of the following Article) to make a report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference for the status of business or property of that bank or bank holding company.

③The subsidiary corporation, etc. of a bank holding company or the person that a bank holding company has entrusted with its services may refuse to make a report or submit materials pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph if it has legitimate grounds for doing so.

①If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the business office or other facilities of the bank holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company, have those officials ask questions about the status of business or property of the bank or the bank holding company, and have them inspect the books, documents, and any other articles of the bank holding company.

②In entering a facility, conducting questioning or inspection at a bank pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1), or entering a facility, conducting questioning, or inspection at the bank holding company that has the bank as its subsidiary company pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, have relevant officials enter the business office or other facilities of a subsidiary corporation, etc. of the bank holding company or the business office or other facilities of the person that a bank holding company has entrusted with its services, have those officials ask questions about any particulars that are required in relation to the questioning or inspection of the bank or the bank holding company, and have them inspect its books, documents, and any other objects.

③In the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.

④The authority under paragraph (1) or (2) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

⑤The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the questioning and inspection pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the subsidiary corporation, etc. of a bank holding company or of the person that a bank holding company has entrusted with its services.

①If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of services of a bank that is the subsidiary company of a bank holding company, in light of the status of business of the bank holding company or the status of property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc., the Prime Minister may indicate to the bank holding company the particulars for which measures are required to be taken and the due date for taking them, request it to submit an improvement plan for ensuring soundness in bank management, or order it to change the improvement plan that has been submitted, or may order measures that are necessary for supervision to be taken, to the extent necessary.

②An order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (including the request to submit an improvement plan; the same applies in the following paragraph) that is issued when it is found necessary to do so in light of adequacy in the equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. must be an order specified by Cabinet Office Order or Ministry of Finance Order in accordance with the category of adequacy in the equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc., as specified by Cabinet Office Order or Ministry of Finance Order.

③If the Prime Minister has issued the order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to a bank holding company, and finds it to be particularly necessary in light of the implementation status of the measures under that order, the Prime Minister may order a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company to take the necessary measures for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of its services.

①If a bank holding company violates laws and regulations, its articles of incorporation, or a disposition by the Prime Minister based on the applicable laws and regulations, or commits an act that harms the public interest, the Prime Minister may order the bank holding company to dismiss its director, executive officer, accounting advisor, company auditor, or accounting auditor, order to take other measures that are necessary for supervision, or revoke the authorization referred to in Article 52-17, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-17, paragraph (3) for the bank holding company, or may order a bank that is the subsidiary company of that bank holding company to suspend all or part of its services. In such a case, the authorization for incorporation referred in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been granted to the bank holding company incorporated by obtaining that authorization.

②If a bank holding company has its authorization referred to in Article 52-17, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-17, paragraph (3) revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must take measures that is required to be taken so that it is no longer a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company, within the period designated by the Prime Minister.

③If the measures provided for in the preceding paragraph are taken, and the company that has taken the measures is still the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, the day on which those measures are taken is deemed to be the date on which the ground referred to in those provisions arose, and the provisions of Article 52-9, paragraph (2) apply.

④If a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company falls under one of the following items and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may order the bank that is the subsidiary company of the holding company to suspend all or part of its services:

①If the Prime Minister finds that a certified bank holding company no longer satisfies the criteria prescribed in Article 52-23-2, paragraph (7), the Prime Minister may order the certified bank holding company to take measures necessary to satisfy the criteria by indicating the due date by which it is required to take the measures, or revoke the certification referred to in that paragraph.

②Unless a bank holding company whose certification referred to in Article 52-23-2, paragraph (7) has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to have as its specified bank holding company subsidiary the company which is engaged in special advanced banking services and which the bank holding company has as its specified bank holding company subsidiary, the bank holding company is required to take the measures that is required to be taken so that the company is no longer its specified bank holding company subsidiary by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the date of revocation of the certification.

①A merger in which bank holding companies are all or some of the parties (limited to a merger in which a company that was a bank holding company before the merger survives as a bank holding company after the merger) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister.

②Except as specified by Cabinet Order, a company split to which a bank holding company is a party (limited to a company split in which the bank holding company that has its business succeeded to or the bank holding company that succeeds to a business continues to exist as a bank holding company after the company split) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister.

③Except as specified by Cabinet Order, a business transfer or acquisition in which a bank holding company transfers or acquires all or a part of its business (limited to a transfer or acquisition in which the bank holding company that transfers or acquires the business continues to exist as a bank holding company even after the transfer or acquisition) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister.

④The provisions of Article 52-18, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis when an application for the authorization referred to in one of the preceding three paragraphs is filed.